As it turns out, this kit is not only 'bigger' than your run of the mill fighter. Even the initial inspection of content of the package made it clear that this little puppy is most certainly NOT your average 'finished in one hour' Airfix fighter, but an advanced kit with level of detail and complexity that impressed and intimidated me at the same time. Considering its very reasonable price, you get a lot for the money.
The initial inspection also revealed another fact - one of the tiny bits (twin barrels of one of the machine guns) was broken off and missing. Slightly distressed, I searched Revell's site for contact information and what do you know, I promptly found an email address to be used for those very occasions. I fired off an email describing the problem on Saturday evening, got the response on Monday morning and the missing part arrived in an envelope about a week later. Thank you for excellent customer service, Revell.
So what about the kit itself? Well, the building process is slow, partially due to the fact that until recently it overlapped with final stages of Tiger II experiments, partially because I want to take my time with this model. By now I am done with sub-assemblies of the pilot cockpit and I hope that the picture below gives the justice to the detail level of this kit. Everything except the seat belts is out of the box.
Couple of words about those seat belts. They're from Eduard, prepainted and a major PITA to work with, but in my opinion at least worth every penny and minute spent on them. It's my first attempt at photo-etched parts and I have full understanding for folks who spend a fortune on this stuff. They really do enhance the appearance of a kit!
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